Pop Culture, Politics, and a Sprinkling of Treason
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Ep 322: Allison and Meredith discuss Challengers, Baby Reindeer, Hundreds of Beavers, Late Night with the Devil, Immaculate, and Uncle Vanya, and Allison recs Shogun one last time for all you procrastinators
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Ep 321: Allison and Meredith are back from Scotland and have opinions about Civil War, the Joker: Folie à Deux trailer, Monkey Man, and Ripley, and Meredith recs The People's Joker and Criterion 24/7 and Allison ponders why The Regime didn't work
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Ep 320: Allison and Meredith discuss their Oscars results and The Traitors finale, Meredith offers her thoughts on Dune: Part 2 and recs Quiet on the Set, and Allison recs Shogun, X-Men 97, 3 Body Problem, The Effect, and Oh Mary!, and anti-recs Roadhouse
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Ep 319: Allison gives a Dune Part 2 (SPOILER-FREE reaction) and Allison and Meredith offer their Best Films of 2023 and Oscars 2024 predictions. Honorary mentions: All of us strangers Anatomy of a fall How to blow up a pipeline Spider-Man across the spider verse Past lives American fiction Priscilla When evil lurks Infinity pool Beau is afraid Dick…
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(2/17/24) The Cut financial advice columnist scammed out of $50k, True Detective check-in, The Traitors
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Ep 318: Allison and Meredith discuss The Cut financial advice columnist who got scammed out of $50k and the growing epidemic of online scams, check in with True Detective Night Country before the finale, and freak out about The Traitors (SPOILERS)
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Ep 317: Allison and Meredith discuss DUNE HYPE, Oscars 2024 nominations, Nyad, Origin, Fallen Leaves, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith
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Ep 316: The new strain of Covid is an unwelcome party guest, Golden Globes recap, Dune re-release next week, The Curse finale, True Detective, Deadloch, and The Passenger
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Ep 315: Train derailments and loud monkeys and then Allison and Meredith discuss Maestro, Past Lives, Zone of Interest, and American Fiction.
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Ep 314: Allison and Meredith discuss the new trailers for Dune: Part Two and Civil War and Allison recs: Poor Things, Wonka, Godzilla Minus One, Slow Horses, and Colin From Accounts, and anti-recs Leave The World Behind
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(12/2/23) Kissinger is dead and Santos is out; Recs: Napoleon, May December, Eileen, Dream Scenario, Scott Pilgrim
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Ep 313: Allison and Meredith discuss Henry Kissinger finally dying, and George "Diva Down!" Santos' expulsion from Congress. Recs (SPOILERS): Napoleon, May December, Eileen, Dream Scenario, Rubber, and Ponytpool.
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(11/18/23) Strike Aftermath, The Killer, Saltburn, The Curse, A Murder at the End of the World
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Ep 312: Allison and Meredith discuss the WGA strike aftermath and Allison recs: The Killer and Bargain, very lukewarm recs Saltburn, and Allison and Meredith rec: The Curse, Fellow Travelers, A Murder at the End of the World, Blackberry, and finally they discuss the Madame Web trailer.
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(11/5/23) Anatomy of a Fall, Five Nights at Freddy's, When Evil Lurks, Hell House LLC Origins, The Holdovers
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Ep 311: Allison loses her phone in Koreatown and UAW and SAG strike updates. Allison recs Blink 182's new album One More Time, Anatomy of a Fall, lukewarm recs The Holdovers, and anti-recs Five Night at Freddy's, and Allison and Meredith rec: When Evil Lurks, and Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, and Meredith recs The Lady Eve (1941)…
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(10/21/23) Recs: Killers of the Flower Moon, Fall of the House of Usher, Dicks: The Musical
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Ep 310: Allison and Meredith discuss the ongoing strike and Allison recs: Killers of the Flower Moon (NO SPOILERS), Dicks: The Musical, Allison and Meredith rec: the series Chucky and Fall of the House of Usher, and Allison lukewarm recs Totally Killer
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Ep 309: Allison and Meredith discuss the WGA deal and Diane Feinstein's death, and Allison recs: All Of Us Strangers and Priscilla (no spoilers), Loki, and anti-recs Gen V, and Meredith recs: The Creator, Gen V, and lukewarm-recs VHS 85
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(9/23/23) Allison watches all the Saw films; Russell Brand and our culture of accomplices; Strike updates
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Ep 308: Allison and Meredith discuss the status of Allison's mental health as she watches all the Saw films (spoiler: It's not going great), rec The Pope's Exorcist, give some strike updates, and discuss Russell Brand and our culture of accomplices
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(9/10/23) Strike update: The studios are losing; Danny Masterson and why PR of the 90s doesn't work anymore
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Ep 307: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith discuss strike updates and how the studios are losing, the response to Poor Things and anti-sex reviews, Vulture exposes the bribe system of Rotten Tomatoes, Rolling Stone's Jimmy Fallon profile and toxic late night culture, and how the PR machine that worked in the 90s doesn't work anymore, from Joe …
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Ep 306: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss Trump's mugshot, strike updates (including Dune getting delayed to 2024), World Cup drama, and Allison recs: Silo, Dark Winds, Rye Lane, and Hijack
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Ep 305: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, William Friedkin's legacy, Meredith renting a theater to see Barbie, and rec: Talk To Me (SPOILERS), They Cloned Tyrone, Full Circle, Passages, and Cobweb
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Ep 304: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec Barbenheimer (some spoilers for Oppenheimer). Plus, SAG-AFTRA strike updates and the wild story of Christopher Nolan's maybe hitman brother (codename: Oppenheimer).
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Ep 303: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@CharlesRockhill) offer their 100% unbiased anaylsis of Madison, Wisconsin (Love you, Madison!), Allison explains the Oppenheimer hype to Charles, and recs: Asteroid City while Charles recs No Hard Feelings and lukewarm recs Netflix's Glamorous.
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(6/24/23) We are all experts in Submersibles and Russia now; Recs: The Bear; Black Mirror S6
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Ep 302: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Erek (@Erek_Smith) chat about how everyone is suddenly an expert in Submersibles AND Russia, Erek's chess tournament in Vegas, and Allison's First Hike Ever. Allison recs: Thanksgiving Play, Black Mirror S6, I Think You Should Leave S2, and The Other Two S3. Erek recs: The Bear, Creed III, and Ford v Ferrari (…
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(6/10/23) Vanderpump Rules reunion; NYC's Dune moment; Rec: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Ep 301: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@CharlesRockhill) discuss NYC turning into Dune, Muna live at Stonewall, the Vanderpump Rules reunion, Trump's indictment, and Allison recs: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Charles lukewarm recs: The Little Mermaid and Renfield
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(5/27/23) Episode 300!!!! #WGAStrike; De Niro vs. Pacino hotness; pre-cap of Succession series finale
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Ep 300: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) celebrate EPISODE 300 with a chat about the WGA Strike, debate De Niro vs. Pacino hotness, and pre-cap the Succession finale.
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Ep 299: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss the state of Yellowjackets, Ted Lasso, and Barry and answer a Patreon question about faaaashioooooonnn. Allison recs: The Sign in Sidney Bernstein's Window, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3, the Dune Part 2 trailer, and Jury Duty and Meredith recs: Eurovision and seeing Barbie …
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Ep 298: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss Allison's trip to Australia and lift post-blue check on Twitter. Allison recs: Beau is Afraid and Meredith recs Tales From The Crypt: Demon Night, and they both rec Succession's final season so far.
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